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In 2011 meets its first hundred years the sharp and endearing Father Brown, Detective created by the fertile and ingenious mind of Gilbert Keith Chesterton . The truth is that the character was born, in fact, in 1910, the date on which dates the first adventure, "The Blue Cross (Blue Cross The ), although the book you meet the first twelve stories with the Father Brown protagonist was not published until 1911 and then the anniversary we celebrate.

is also known that the Catholic priest moon face, gray eyes of herring, vivid intelligence and supreme knowledge of the human soul was inspired Chesterton in his long conversations with Father John O ' Connor so instrumental in his conversion to Catholicism. It was always said that O'Connor was the model of Father Brown, although I see a lot of Chesterton own creature of fiction's most famous and known throughout the world.

I'm not going to dedicate this post to honor the stories of Father Brown, whose adventures integrity glossing go this year, God willing, and I have time. Norfolk priest talk about the other entries, written especially to commemorate so happy birthday, happy at least for those who adore Chestertonian literature and, in particular police fictions. In this post today would speak of another book by English author, a book that may well serve as an introduction to those unfamiliar with the novels and detective stories of GKC.

Indeed, Montesinos drew editorial in 2009 a beautiful and comprehensive volume, detectives Thirteen (Thirteen Detectives ) which brings together some of the adventures of the many clever and unique detectives Chesterton created throughout his career narrative. In this book appears, as one would expect, Father Brown himself, and also the publisher had the good sense to include an unprecedented adventure of Father Brown ("The case Donnington"), to which I refer later. The unprecedented inclusion of this story is an excellent news for the many fans that has the shrewd detective and an English priest in the world.

But in this book not only shows the 'candid' Father Brown, but was completed with twelve other detectives due to the master narrative of GKC. May be able to call detectives confuse some readers, because many of them are not the detective to use as we figured we over years of reading novels and watching movies.

No, because the detectives of GK Chesterton exercise, often, other professions, starting with the same Father Brown, who is a priest, but never seen officiating at Mass, as we noted at the time Agatha Christie , who admired the character. The other detectives Chestertonian live trades and professions that sometimes have little to do with the world police.

thus appear, for example, Gabriel Gale ( book's protagonist, the poet and the lunatics ) is a poet, a poet strange and bizarre, sometimes amuses himself by doing handstands to see reality differently; Horne Fisher ( book The Man Who Knew Too Much and one of the most insightful and interesting detectives Chesterton) is a kind of official who knows all the secrets and hidden patterns of high politics English; Basil Grant ( book club business rare ), retired judge who gets involved in events associated with an enigmatic mysterious club of new professions, accompanied by his brother Rupert , amateur detective, and always willing to question the ideas of his brother Basil, Mr. Pond ( book Paradoxes of Mr. Pond , one of the last he wrote Chesterton), a character who manages to surprise to all partners to force seemingly unlikely paradox.

The other detective characters displayed in the pages of Thirteen detectives are Mr. Traill, the Dr. Adrian Hyde, John Brandon , Walter Weir, Mr. Brain , Grayne Cuthbert, Bertrand and Max Pemberton .

Mr. Traill stars in the story "The Garden of Smoke" and did not reappear in other detective stories, but only for the originality of it deserves inclusion in the anthology.

Dr Adrian Hyde, a famous detective, is faced with the enigma of "The murder of the white columns, but will his subordinates, John Brandon and Walter Weir, who ultimately solve the mystery, the facts and its solution, of course, the reader will allow us to keep secret.

For their part, Mr. Brain and help solve Grayne Cuthbert two mysteries to Horne Fisher, "the man who knew too much" of apparently indolent and indifferent to his surroundings. Mr. Brain accompanies him on "The hole in the wall" and Grayne Cuthbert in "The bottomless pit."

Bertrand mate is the adventures of Gabriel Gale, the poet of bizarre behavior, and he continues to care and protect, but the reader never knows whom and who cares which one is really crazy or sane . Finally, Max Pemberton does not play the role of detective, but presents the events of "The Case Donnington, then resolved by Father Brown.

seems that the story of "The Case Donnington" was discovered in 1981, which was a real novelty for Chesterton readers and remains so to English readers of his adventures. This story was the result of a unique initiative that raised the same mystery to many authors of detective stories and, in addition to Chesterton, it seems that it also raised a Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch , the creator of the character of the lawyer Horace Rumpole , and B Orczy aronesa of the celebrated author of The Scarlet Pimpernel .

All stories are Thirteen detectives deserve be read because all of them emerges the genius and the master narrative of Chesterton, but as always happens in these cases, allow me to point three, in my humble opinion, stand above all others. These are "The hole in the wall", with Horne Fisher as the star, for the wonderful atmosphere created by Chesterton in history, "The Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse", a story told by Mr. Pond, and, to Jorge Luis Borges , was one of the masterpieces of Chesterton, as a perfect chess move, and "The Case Donnington, with Father Brown, by the novelty of the story and the undeniable attraction to the character of detective priest practicing in the reader.

Well, friends, I think, if you have time and I want to spend a little distracted knowing the most unique detectives created by the brilliant pen of Chesterton, the book of the Thirteen detectives be for you a perfect reading.

May God bless you all and may the Virgin protect you forever. See you soon, dear friends.